Improvement in stoppers for wash-basin overflow-openings



E. WEBB. y STO'PPERS FOR Wflmmsm ovEaF-Low OPENINGS;

No.176,907. Patented May 2,1876

IWQITNESSES: I

BY moiiuns.

MPETER-i PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C

UNITED STATES,

PATENT QFFIGE.

EZRA WEBB, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOPPERS FOR-WASH BASlN OVERFLOW-OPENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,907, dated May2,1876; application filed April 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA WEBB, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have in vented a new and Improved Stopper for. Wash-BasinOverflow-Openings, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is an edge view of my improved stopper, illustratingvits use.Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same, enlarged; and Fig. 3 is a face viewof the same.

, Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device forpreventing sewer-gas from escaping into the room through theoverflowopenings of wash-basins, and which shall be simple inconstruction and convenient and effective in use.

The invention consists in an improved stopper for the overflowiopeningsof wash-basins,

formed of the back or plate and the projec tions, as hereinafterdescribed.

A is the back or plate of thestopper, which is made of wood, hardrubber, metal, or other suitable material. To the face of the back A areattached projections or plugs B, equalin number to and arranged in thesame relative position as the holes in the overflow-opening in the sideof the wash-basin. The projections B are made of cork, rubber, or othersuitable material that will make a close fit in said holes.

When the discharge-opening of the basin is closed with the ordinaryplug, and the overflow-openings with my improved stopper,'it will beimpossible for any sewer-gas to get into the room from the outlet andoverflow pipes of the wash-basin.

The stopper A B is designed to be connected by a short chain with thechain of the ordinary plug, to prevent it from being lost, and to callattention to it when the basin is being used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An improved stopper for the overflow-openings ofwash-basins, formed of the back or plate A and the projections B,substantially as herein shown and described. 7

' EZRA WEBB.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER.

